Have you ever wondered why the English spe lling of words is sometimes&hellip\; well&hellip\; just \;weird? \ ;Come on a surprisingly hilarious journey with us and author Gabe Henry th rough the history of the English language\, while we discuss troublemakers like Mark Twain who broke all the rules. \;
\nAnyone who has th e misfortune to write in English will\, every now and then\, struggle with its spelling. In our erratic system\, \;choir \;and \;liar&nb sp\;rhyme\, \;daughter \;and \;laughter \;don&rsquo\;t\, a nd somehow \;you \;and \;ewe \;can&rsquo\;t agree on a sin gle letter. So why do we still use it? If our spelling is so inconsistent\ , why haven&rsquo\;t we tried to fix it? \;
\nIn the comic annal s of linguistic history\, legions of rebel wordsmiths have died on the hil l of spelling reform\, risking their reputations to simplify English spell ing. This book is about them: Mark Twain\, Eliza Burnz\, Noah Webster\, Up ton Sinclair\, Emma Dearborn\, Theodore Roosevelt\, Benjamin Franklin\, an d the countless other &ldquo\;simplified spellers&rdquo\; who\, for a time in their lives\, became fanatic about writing \;kof \;instead of& nbsp\;cough\, \;tung \;for \;tongue\, and \;fyzics \;f or \;physics \;(and tried futilely to get everyone around them to do it too).
\n\;In \;Enough is Enuf\, Gabe Henry h umorously traces the &ldquo\;simplified spelling movement&rdquo\; from med ieval England to Revolutionary America\, from the birth of standup comedy to contemporary pop music\, and explores its lasting influence in words li ke \;color \;(without a \;U)\, \;plow \;(without \ ;-ugh)\, and the iconic &rsquo\;90s ballad &ldquo\;Nothing Compares 2 U.&r dquo\; Finally\, Henry brings us to the digital age\, where the swift pace of online exchanges now pushes us all 2ward simplification. \;
\n< p>Register now for this informative and entertaining conversation to find out why Gabe Henry thinks UR not a bad speller\, the English language is.& nbsp\;\nAbout the Author: Gabe Henry is the author of three books including the poetry anthology \;Eating Salad Drunk\, a humor collaboration with Jerry Seinfeld\, Bob Odenkirk\, Mike Birbiglia\ , Margaret Cho\, and other titans of comedy. \;Eating Salad Drunk \;was featured in \;The New Yorker \;in February 2022 (&ldquo\;A S mattering of Haiku for the Burnout Age&rdquo\;) and ranked one of \;Vu lture&rsquo\;s \;Best Comedy Books of 2022. Henry&rsquo\;s work has be en published in \;TIME\, \;New York Magazine\, \;The New Yorke r\, the \;Weekly Humorist\, \;US News &\; World Report\, and mo re. He has spent more than a decade exploring the strange and forgotten hi story of simplified spelling\, which\, by his own admission\, has only mad e him a worse speller. He lives and works in New York. Learn more at www.g abehenry.com.
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